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In a rebranding that reaches back to the company’s origins, Navistar Inc. will on Oct. 1 adopt the new name of International Motors.

Utility Trailer Manufacturing will offer Trident composite steel shell drum brakes from Accuride as standard on all its trailer models, the company said Sept. 17.

Phoenix-based Evo aims to build a diversified, national truckload carrier and brokerage through the acquisition of Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based West Side.

Multiple motor carriers have lined up to participate in a test of a single Peterbilt tractor powered by a Cummins engine fueled by renewable natural gas.

Love’s Travel Stops will begin accepting fuel payment at its facilities through Relay Payments’ digital remuneration system, the companies said Sept. 23.

Outpost will offer more than 1,700 additional tractor-trailer parking spaces at four sites near key U.S. logistics hubs, it said Sept. 19.

Electrified dry van and refrigerated trailer developer Range Energy’s first publicly announced customer is set to be Petaluma Egg Farm, which serves Northern California grocery stores.

As carriers await an upturn in the freight environment, executives say they continue to seek efficiencies and prepare their fleets for when the tipping point comes.

Series production of the updated HV 509, HV 515, HV 609 and HV 615 models is due to start in June 2025, executives said.

Hyzon began series production of its 200-kilowatt Class 8 hydrogen fuel cell electric truck Sept. 16, the Bolingbrook, Ill.-based company said.